The CW has announced they are adding a new anthology series to its summer lineup, “Two Sentence Horror Stories“, featuring eight singularly themed half-hour episodes.
Featuring Nicole Kang (“Batwoman”), Jim Parrack (“Suicide Squad”) and Aleyse Shannon (“Charmed”), among others, “Two Sentence Horror Stories” will premiere with back-to-back episodes Thursday, August 8th (8:00-8: 30 PM ET/PT and 8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Executive produced by Vera Miao (“Best Friends Forever”), Emily Wiedemann (“Creative Control”) and Chazz Carfora (“Stories From The Felt”), the series is from Stage 13 in association with Warner Bros.
Contemporary tales of horror and haunting for the diverse and digital age “Two Sentence Horror Stories” was inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories, this anthology series taps into universal primal fears, filtered through the anxieties of the most connected and racially diverse generation. Despite dizzying advancements in technology, inequality, social progress, and environmental degradation…the things that haunt us are still the same.
The Cast includes Nicole Kang (“Batwoman”) as Hana (Gentleman), Jim Parrack (“The Deuce”) as Ken (Gentleman)
, Aleyse Shannon (“Charmed”) as Karine (Tutorial), Greta Quispe (“New Amsterdam”) as Araceli (Hide), Wai Ching Ho (“The Defenders”) as Ma (Legacy), and Kate Jennings (Notorious”) as Dr. Lucie (Scion). Directors include Vera Miao (Legacy, Squirm), Tayarisha Poe (Little Monsters, Tutorial), Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia (Hide), Natalia Iyudin (Gentleman, Scion), and Nikyatu (Only Child).
Vera Miao (Little Monsters, Squirm), Leon Hendrix III (Hide, Only Child), C.S. McMullen (Gentleman, Tutorial), Pornsak Pichetshote (Legacy), Stephanie Adams-Santos (Hide), and Sehaj Sethi (Hide, Scion) wrote the episodes.
Created by Vera Miao, the series is executive produced by Miao (“Best Friends Forever”), Emily Wiedemann (“Creative Control”), and Chazz Carfora (“Stories From The Felt”)
